Peters



(No Model.)

P. G. HUBERT.

WATER GLOSET. No. 391,972. Patented 001;. 30, 1888.

N. PETERSy Phnta-uthagmpher, Washington, DA c.

UNITED STATES PATENT trice.

PHILIP GENGEMBRE HUBERT, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

WATER-Moser.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,972, dated @Stoller3D, 1888.

Application Iilcd March 23, 18E6.

Serial No. 268,200. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatI, PHILIP GENGEMBRE HUBERT, of the city and county ofNew York, in the State of New York, haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement in VatenClosets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention will behereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a closetembodying Vmy invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the basin. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation of the basin upon the plane indicated by the dottedline rfv, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the basin uponabout theplanc indicated by the dotted line y y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in allthefigures.

A designates thepivoted or tilting structure which forms thewater-closet bowl, and which is mounted upon pivots or trunnions a. Thisbowl may be of earthcnware or of metal, as may be desired. It has adischarge-nozzle, A', through which its contents may be discharged, andthis nozzle is represented as somewhat curved and works freely in asoil-pipe or branch thereof, B. This soil-pipe contains an ordinarytrap, B', and it also has an upwardly-extending branch or waterchamber', B2, which rises to about the level of the receiving-mouth B,and the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. The basin Acontains two principal elenients-namely, a soilreceptacle, C, abovewhich is placed the seat D, and the flushing Water reservoir C', whichis separated from the soil-receptacle C by a dividingpartition, c. Iprefer to have the iiushing-water reservoir C not only behind thesoil-receptacle C but also to extend forward upon each side of thesoilreceptacle, as shown best in Fig. 2, and to a point about as farforward or somewhat farther forward than the trunnions c. Vith thisshape of iiushing-water reservoir I obtain an ample capacity for waterwithout extending the flushing-water reservoir C as far back or rearwardfrom the trunnions a as would otherwise be necessary.

Communication is had between the flushingwater reservoir C' and thesoil-receptacle C by openings or holes c', which are above the level atwhich the water will be retained in the soilreceptacle by the dam oroverflow o2 into the discharge-nozzle A, and when the closet is not inuse the level of water in the ilushingreservoir G is at the holes c',while the level of water in the soil-receptacle is somewhat below theseholes, as shown in Fig. l.

E designates a handle whereby the basin A may be tilted upon its pivotsor trunnions a, and the contents of the soil-receptacle G will be rstdischarged through the nozzle A', and the water from theiiushing-reservoir G will, by the tilting of the basin A, be caused topour through the holes c copiously and thus properly flush thesoil-receptacle C, and this supply of flushingwater will he suiiicientso as to nearly or quite displace all the contents of the trap B andmaintain the trap full of clean water.

In order to Iill the soil-receptacle C after the basin has been tilted,I provide a separate water-supply for both the the lushingwaterreservoir; and. I have here represented a water-supply pipe, F, in whichis a cock, f, controlled by a iioat or bal1,f. This self-regulating cockf delivers water into a trough or tray, G, which is here shown asconstructed upon the separating-wall c, and which may extend around thiswall for some distance, as shown in Fig. 2. From this trough or trayopenings g lead or deliver into the flushing-reservoir C', and otheropenings, g', deliver through the partition. c and into thesoil-receptacle C. The number and sizeof the openings g g may be soproportioned that the soil-receptaele will be filled with water to thelevel ofthe dam c2 at about the saine time that the flushing-reservoir Gbecomes filled with water up to the level of the holes c', and then thebowl or float should be raised tothe point where it will shut the cockfand so not cause a waste of water. i

In operating closets of this class an accidentwhich would beveryunlikely to happen, but which still might occur-would be the clogging ofthe trap, and of course if the trap should become stopped up andtheclosetshould be continued to be used it would overflow the soil-pipeand damage the surroundings. I therefore provide a lock and a iioat forcontrolling the same, so that in case the water rises unduly high in thesoil-pipe thelock will he released* and. the next time the basin issoil-receptacle and IOO tilted will catch the basin and hold it in itstilted position, preventing it from righting itself or from beingrighted, and thus giving the person in charge timely Warning that thetrap is clogged before the Water can have risen enough to overdow.

The water chamber B2 furnishes a sufficiently large space to containmore than one discharge of the basin and is in free communication withthe trap B. I have represented a hook, H,which is fulcrumed at h, andwhich is adapted to engage a hook, H, upon the ba sin A.Idesignatesaleverwhichisfulcrumed at i, and from which is suspended aoat, J, within the water-chamber B2. The latch or lock H is so shapedthat when the oat J is supported by the lever, and the water does notrise beyond the normal point, the lever I will bear against the tail ofthe hook H and hold it out of reach of the hook H ofthe basin, so thatunder normal circumstances when the basin is tilted it discharges itscontents into the receivingmonth B and rightsitself again, or may easilybe pushed back to its horizontal position. rlhe hook H is so shaped,however, that it will, when the lever I is removed from it, gravitateinto such position that the next time the basin is tilted the hook Hwill engage with the hook H and prevent the basin from coming back toposition.

If the trap becomes clogged and the water rises in the watenchamber B2so as to fioat and lift the ball J, the lever I by its Weight falls awayfrom the tail of the lock H, and the hooked end of that lock gravitatesforward and engages with the hook H the next time the basin is tilted.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a tiltingr watercloset basin comprising asoil-receptacle and a discharge-nozzle, of a iushingwater receptacleformed integral with the soil-receptacle, so as to tilt with the same,and separated therefrom by a partition havinga closed lower portion andan opening above the Water-level in the soil-receptacle, wherebyy waterin the tlushingreceptacle will be maintained at a higher level than thatin the soil-receptacle, and a watersupply common to both said'receptaclesgvhereby they are separately flushed, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination, with a water-closet basin mounted upon trunnions andhaving a soil-receptacle provided with a discharge-nozzle and aflushing-water receptacle behind the soil-receptacle and emptyingthrough the same when the basin ii tilted, of a soil-pipe into which thedischarge-nozzle empties and a trough or tray in the basin for receivingWater and having outlet-holes for delivering water into both thereceptacles from the trough or tray, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with a water-closet basin mounted upon trunnions andhaving a soil-receptacle provided with a discharge-nozzle, of asoil-pipe receiving the dischargenozzle into it when the basin istilted, a lock for catching the basin and holding it tilted when thesoil-pipe becomes choked, a ioat connected with said lock, and a vesselarranged at one side of the soil-pipe and receiving the overow therefromand in which said oat is located, said float operating when the saidvessel becomes charged to release said lock, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a water-closet basin mounted on trunnions andhaving adischarge-nozzle, of a soil pipe or throat into which thedischargenozzle may work, a Waterchamber, B2, in free communication withthe soil-pipe and in which water may rise in case the soil-pipe becomeschoked, thc gravitating hook or lock H for the basin, and the lever andfloat I J, whereby the lock is held out of 8;.

operation when the tloat hangs free, and whereby the lock is releasedwhen the doat is floated to catch and hold the basin tilted, substantially as herein described.

5. In a water-closet basin, the combination, with a soil-receptaclehaving a dischargenozzle and a dashing-water reservoir separatedtherefrom by a dividing-wall having openings above the level of thedischarge-nozzle, of a soil-pipe receiving the nozzle, both thesoil-receptacle and the dashing-water reservoir being formed in onestructure mounted on trunnions and serving when tilted to discharge thesoil-receptacle and to discharge the flushing-water through saidopenings and through the soil-receptacle, substantially as hereindescribed.

6. The combination, in a water-closet basin provided with trunnionswhereon it may be mounted and tilted, of a soil-receptacle, C, having adischargehozzle, A', and a flushing water reservoir, C', extendingbehind and forward on both sides of the soil-receptacle and separatedfrom the soil-receptacle by a wall in which are openings c above thelevel of the dischargenozzle, substantially as herein described.

PHILIP GENGEMBRE HUBERT.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, HENRY J. MCBRIDE.

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